A man had a lucky escape as part of a tree fell and crushed his car, stopping it in its tracks.

Howard Keefe, 23 from Thurlby was driving to work past woodland beside the A15 near Bourne when a branch fell and crushed his car, bringing it to a dead halt.

Howard said: "I didn't even see the branch falling it was the biggest shock of my life. I was covered in glass, it even got in my shoes and a driver who had stopped behind me pulled me out of the car."

The scene of the crash when it happened

"I can't believe just how lucky I was. I felt the roof of the car brush across my hair as the branch fell.

"The branch fell across the passenger side of my car and onto the bonnet stopping my car in its tracks and completely wrote off my car. As I don't know who owns that part of the woods, I couldn't claim it on my insurance so I have really lost out as I've had to buy a new car completely out of my own pocket.

"I just want to make people aware of what has happened."

The windscreen was crushed and smashed

Mum Debbie Keefe said: "He was really lucky and really shouldn't be here today. But by some miracle he wasn't injured and was able to get out safely."

The Woodland Trust has stated that Math Wood is privately owned, so it is not currently known whose responsibility it is to manage them.

Howard Keefe

The accident happened in February but Howard wanted to alert people to the dangers after a recent debate in a Bourne residents Facebook group about local councils cutting overgrown verges and grass.

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Howard added: "After I have seen reports about residents complaining of verges and grass not being cut I thought it would be a good time to bring up what had happened to me in order to make people aware.

"It could have happened to anyone and I can't believe how lucky I was to come out uninjured.

"If someone had been looking after those trees properly this may never have happened."